Red Alert (G1)/toys

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Why does Red Alert have so many toys? They must be conspiring to do something!

Toys

Generation 1

I have die-cast metal? This must be a Decepticon plot!
  • Red Alert (Autobot Car, 1985, 2001/2002)
    • Japanese ID number: 05
    • Accessories: "High-Energy Particle Beam Rifle", Shoulder-Mounted Rocket Launcher, 3 rockets
Transforming into a Lamborghini Countach fire chief's car, Red Alert's toy is a redeco of the Diaclone "New Countach LP500S Police Car", which was a retool that added roof lights to the original Diaclone "New Countach LP500S", which was the mold used to make Sideswipe. Red Alert's alternate mode is a perfect disguise, since many Fire Departments have Lamborghinis as auxiliary vehicles.
Red Alert saw the first of many reissues in early 2001. As part of Takara's "Collector's Edition" series of reissues that saw several pairs of "mold-mates" released together in limited numbers, Alert and Lambor were available as "Set A" at World Character Convention 12[1] For 2002, Alert was again released with Lambor, this time as "New Year Special" editions available through Takara's e-HOBBY online shop. This latter version featured yellow instead of blue stickers for his shins and feet.
Red Alert's sculpt was also used to make Clamp Down, who was an homage to the mold's original police deco. Sans roof lights, the Lamborghini sculpt was also used for Deep Cover, Tigertrack, and Generation 2 Sideswipe.

Commemorative Series

  • Red Alert (2003/2006)
In 2003, Hasbro released a reissue of the original Red Alert toy as part their Toys"R"Us exclusive Commemorative Series IV that was available in the United States, Canada and Australia.
In 2006, three years after the US release and long after the Commemorative Series had been discontinued by Toys"R"Us in America, Prowl and several other figures were released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom. Unlike previous UK releases of Commemorative Series figures, the packaging for this batch was no longer multilingual, but in English only. Despite this, the packaging was not identical to the previous U.S. version; it lacked the "Commemorative Series", "classic re-issue" and "choking hazard" safety warning labels and all trademark ™ and ® markings.


Hold on, I was repurposed from a redeco unused G2 mold meant for Prowl, but it was meant for Prowl, but his other deco was meant to be Prowl from a universe where there's another version of me? AAAAAGGHHH!
  • Optimus Prime with Prowl (Basic multi-pack, 2003)
    • Accessories: Rifle
The Universe Spy Changer version of Robots in Disguise Prowl was repurposed as Generation 1 Red Alert.
Spy Changer Prowl is a redeco of Robots in Disguise (2001) Prowl 2, painted to match Generation 1 Red Alert, transforming into a Chevrolet Caprice. His vehicle mode has through-axle construction so it zips along quickly on smooth surfaces. His robot-mode rifle stores beneath his rear axle in vehicle mode. He is also semi-compatible with race tracks and playsets from Hot Wheels or Matchbox sets.
He was only available in a Wal-Mart exclusive multi-pack with Optimus Prime.
This mold was also used to make the Universe Spy Changer incarnation of Generation 1 Prowl.


Smallest Transforming Transformers

Someone shrunk me in my sleep! The Autobots have turned against me!
  • Alert (2004)
    • Japanese ID number: GTF 10
Once again a retool of a Sideswipe, Smallest Transforming Transformers Alert was part of the second wave of the line. Like all of Smallest Transforming Transformers, Alert was a tiny, simplified version of his original appearance, with limited articulation and non-rolling wheels.


Binaltech Asterisk

Now I'm suddenly a police car? This must be the work of a conspiracy!
  • Alert Meets Ai (Autobot, 2005)
    • Japanese ID number: BTA-01
    • Accessories: Intercooler/blaster
The first release in the Asterisk sub-line of Binaltech, Alert is a retool of the Binaltech Streak mold as a Subaru WRX STi Japanese Police vehicle, a scheme that many fans expected for a Binaltech/Alternators Prowl (see Notes below). Although not a Fire Department vehicle this time, the toy's robot mode did feature many red highlights, including a red head, but as the headsculpt was unchanged, he still looked like Streak. BTA Alert was packaged with the PVC human figurine Ai Kuruma, a policewoman based on the 2001 Robots in Disguise cartoon T-AI.
Alert's release had problems with parts-fitting in vehicle mode, possibly a sign that the Subaru WRX tooling was showing its age. The later release of this mold as Ricochet in the Alternators line, though, does not have these problems.
Alternators mold: Smokescreen
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  • Binaltech Asterisk BTA-01 Alert


Universe (2008)

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Do I look a little like Hot Shot to you? Oh god oh god oh god oh god oh god
  • Red Alert (Legends, 2008)
    • Series: Classic Series
Universe Red Alert is a redeco of Legends of Cybertron Hot Shot, transforming into a modified Chrysler ME Four Twelve concept car in fire chief colours. In either mode he has flip-out "wings".
This mold is also shared by the red Legends of Cybertron Hot Shot and Classics Bumblebee.


Henkei! Henkei!

I'm a Japanese exclusive? This is a plot for revenge, I swear!
  • Alert (Deluxe, 2009-04-25)
    • Japanese ID number: C-20
    • Accessories: Gun/tailpipe
Henkei! Henkei! Alert is a retool of Universe Sideswipe, itself a retool of Universe Sunstreaker, transforming into a modified Lamborghini Gallardo. Though the car is mostly based upon the Gallardo, to avoid legal problems, it also features modified headlights and elements taken from other cars—most of them are taken from other Lamborghini models, such as a rear end that is basically a cross between a Murciélago and a Diablo; however, the split side windows and the ridges on the door vents are based on a McLaren F1.
Alert's vehicle mode features the same Japanese-style lightbar as Henkei! Henkei! Ratchet, attached to the additional indents on the roof that were not used to attach Sunstreaker and Sideswipe's supercharger intake accessories in either mode. Like all Henkei! Henkei! toys, he features vacuum metallized plastic, including his shoulder rocket launcher and his spoiler. Like Henkei! Henkei! Lambor, he doesn't come with the supercharger accessory (which Universe Sideswipe still had).
Universe (2008) mold: Sunstreaker
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Generations

My head looks like Sideswipe's? I have been betrayed!
  • Red Alert (Deluxe, 2010)
    • Accessories: Pulse pistol/tailpipe, engine supercharger intakes
Generations Red Alert is a retool of Universe Sideswipe. To differentiate him from the Henkei! Henkei! Alert release of this character, he features a significantly different deco (including a black head like the Generation 1 toy, as opposed to the Henkei version's show-accurate red head), the American-style lightbar previously used for Universe Prowl and Ratchet, and, as with all Hasbro releases of this sculpt, the engine supercharger intakes accessory that originally came with Sunstreaker.
Unlike Henkei! Henkei! Alert, whose lightbar is attached to the additional indents on the roof not used for attaching Sunstreaker or Sideswipe's supercharger intake accessory in either mode, Generations Red Alert's lightbar is instead attached to the indents used to attach the supercharger to Sideswipe's roof/back in robot mode (possibly so Red Alert could still have his supercharger in vehicle mode), with the roof retooled so the lightbar is fixed with screws, thereby rendering the additional indents entirely pointless as far as Hasbro's uses of the sculpt are concerned. Because this makes attaching the supercharger to the back in robot mode impossible, the instructions show how to attach the supercharger to the gun to create a larger gun by wrapping the intakes around it, which neither Sunstreaker nor Sideswipe's instructions had shown. And while his instructions finally depict the correct transformation with the upper body rotation and the correct head sculpt (the lineart for Universe Sideswipe's instructions was simply recycled from Sunstreaker's), they do not depict the lightbar.
His license plate features the number "05" (Generation 1 Red Alert's Japanese ID number) and the character's Japanese name, "Alert".
Universe (2008) mold: Sunstreaker
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Kre-O

The larger Kre-O Bumblebee construction set comes with a Red Alert Kreon, though why is anyone's guess. It has Sideswipe's helmet and a blaster.


  • Kreon Figure Pack (2013)
A boxed set of five Kreons, with Bumblebee, Red Alert, Mirage, Jazz, and a fifth "mystery" Kreon; a randomly-packed robot Kreon from the first year of the line.


  • Kreon Class of '85 (Kreon figure set, 2015)
    • Set number B5152
    • Voted: The Basket Case
    • Accessories: Large rifle
Kreon Class of '85 Red Alert is much more extensively deco'd, with loads of toy-based detailing. He uses the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier "peg-in-peg" torso/waist connection.
He was only available as part of the San Diego Comic-Con-exclusive "Kreon Class of '85" 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through Hasbro Toy Shop after the show.

Masterpiece

Now I'm a high-end collector's item? Someone's had their sights on me since day one, I knew it! And somebody's been using my face?! It's him! He's the one who's out to get me! Him and Santa!
  • Alert (2012-12-25)
    • Japanese ID number: MP-14
    • Accessories: Rocket Launcher, Particle Beam Rifle, "Circuit Trouble" headband
Masterpiece Alert is a redeco and retool of MP-12 Lambor, and transforms into a licensed Lamborghini Countach LP500S with a light-bar. In robot mode, Alert features new shoulders, face, forehead, and extra circular collar details to match his character model, which used these toy based details. He also features a color scheme that is a combination of his original toy, cartoon model, and the real-life Lamborghini model he is based on.
His non-firing rocket launcher is jointed at the peg to allow it to pivot up and down, and can fit on either shoulder (it should be mounted on his right), while his rifle can be held in either hand. Both weapons can also be combined and mounted onto his light-bar. Alert also comes with a spiky, translucent-blue headband that fits over the "horns" and around the back of his head, not unlike earmuffs. This additional accessory is to mimic the electric spark damage he had in the episode, "Auto Berserk".
If purchased in Asian markets outside of Japan, a collector's coin is included. The back of the coin's packaging identifies him as Red Alert.
The original version of this mold, with Alert's face, was redecoed into MP-12T Tigertrack.
Masterpiece mold: Lamborghini Countach

Version 1 (Sideswipe):

Version 2 (Red Alert):

Shogo Hasui


  • Alert Anime Color Edition (2016-09-24)
    • Japanese ID number: MP-14+
    • Accessories: Rocket Launcher, Particle Beam Rifle, "Circuit Trouble" headband
A TakaraTomy Mall exclusive re-release of Masterpiece Red Alert in a color scheme much closer to the character’s on screen appearance, including off-white paint replacing the pure white seen on the original release, the silver on the rims, weapon, and robot mode feet. The accessory part used for emulating “Circuit Trouble” is molded in a clear orange instead of clear blue.


Bot Shots

  • Red Alert / Ultra Magnus / Mirage (Multi-pack, 2013)
    • Series: 2
    • Number: BP009
      • Fist strength: 342
      • Blaster strength: 720
      • Sword strength: 548
Part of the third wave of Bot Shots Series 2 three-packs, Red Alert transforms into a police car. As a Jump Shot toy, an impact to his front bumper will cause him to spring up and autotransform into robot mode. He also has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. He comes with Jump Shot Ultra Magnus and Super Bot Mirage.
He was later redecoed into Jump Shot Prowl.


Q-Transformers

Help! Someone super-deformed me! It's a plot!
  • Alert (2015-02-21)
    • ID number: QT-13
Q-Transformers Alert is a redeco and retool of QT-05 Lambor with a lightbar, transforming into a super deformed Lamborghini Countach. He comes with a code for unlocking Red Alert as a playable character in the Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns game.


Merchandise

Transformers Gum

  • Alert (1985)
    • Accessories: "High-Energy Particle Beam Rifle", Shoulder-Mounted Rocket Launcher, rocket
Essentially a downsized version of the original Red Alert toy, the Transformers Gum Alert kit is sculpted from black, red and white plastic, features stickers rather than paint applications for details, and came with a stick of gum. Unusually, it is an entirely different mold from the Transformers Gum Sideswipe kit, both featuring different construction and being larger by about 25%.


Decoy

  • Cybertron Hero Collection 22 (multi-pack, 1986)
  • Red Alert (1987)
    • Decoy number: 16
The figurine was later brought over to Hasbro markets as part of the Decoy promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded Throttlebots, Aerialbots, Protectobots, and Technobots.


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Notes

  • The Acura RSX Alternators Prowl toy was originally supposed to be Red Alert, with a different head sculpt. Eventually, however, it was decided to release the toy as Prowl instead, even though the Subaru Impreza model had more resemblance to Prowl and the Acura RSX model had more resemblance to Red Alert. Control drawings of the figure with the originally intended Red Alert head sculpt can be found in the Japanese Transformers Collection 2007 book, among other places. Reprolabels later made sticker sheets that, together with a head swap (which can be done with ease) allow you to convert the Subaru into Prowl and the Acura into Red Alert, making them resemble their original forms much more closely. At one point, Hasbro's website briefly listed a second Prowl (because he shipped in two different assortments, the two versions counted as two different products distribution-wise) as "Red Alert". Coupled with the lack of photos, this led fans to (incorrectly) assume an upcoming redeco. The listing was soon corrected to "Prowl", coupled with appropriate product photos.
  • Kre-O Red Alert erroneously appears on Hasbro's stock photography of Kre-O Sideswipe set in place of the Sideswipe Kreon it actually comes with.

References

  1. ↑ Japanese Reissues & eHobby exclusives
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